I'm doing some work now with a set top box but before I can use it I need to prepare a machine which has a TV "video in" port to view it on. Luckily I have a machine at hand. I reinstalled XP from scratch on it as I prefer the English version over the Japanese. If you use the English version you can add Japanese reading and writing capabilities to it easily but if you install the Japanese version unless you are multinational company with clout you can't even purchase the English language pack to add English menus to it. sigh.
After installing I thought I would install the latest Service Packs and upgrades before I use it for anything critical. There are critical 34 upgrades that I need which makes me wonder why Microsoft dosen't just install over the network once they have established that you are connected to the net. I feel like I have reinstalled the everything several times now after applying all these patches.
Posted by stuartcw at May 27, 2003 06:46 PM